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Monday, 05/09/2011

Kick off 19:00 BST at Oakwell Stadium, Barnsley

U21 International Match

England - Waghorn 58' Sordell 60' Delfouneso 82'(pen) Lansbury 90'

Israel - Klibat 25'

2	W	0
0	L	2
0	D	0

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90'Henri Lansbury. The midfielder rounds things off, by finishing off a cross from Chamberlain.

FULL TIME

83'Muanas Dabbur.

82'Nathan Delfouneso. Nathan Delfouneso coolly despatches his penalty after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is fouled inside the area

81'Sari Falah.

73'Off, Ross Barkley. On, Connor Wickham.

70'Muanas Dabbur comes close moments after coming on, but his low shot pulls wide of Amos's post.

68'Off, Mohammad Klibat. On, Roi Kehat.

68'Off, Or Barough. On, Muanas Dabbur.

63'Omer Vered.

62'Off, Martyn Waghorn. On, Nathan Delfouneso.

62'Off, Dan Gosling. On, Gary Gardner.

60'Marvin Sordell. A 30-yard left-foot screamer from Marvin Sordell puts England in front. His powerful strike smashes in off the post.

58'Martyn Waghorn. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain bursts down the right and delivers a perfect cross for Martyn Waghorn waiting unmarked at the back post. The Hull loanee heads in for his second goal in two games

54'Off, Guy Assulin. On, Moshe Lugassi.

54'Off, Ben Botbol. On, Eli Zizov.

50'Another strike from Watford man Sordell. Turning on the edge of the area he fires at Kleyman but the keeper holds

48'Marvin Sordell is played in behind the Israel defence and shoots from an angle. Kleyman pushes wide.

46'Off, Jack Rodwell. On, Henri Lansbury.

46'Off, Jonjo Shelvey. On, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

46'Off, Andre Wisdom. On, Adam Smith.

46'England kick off the second half.

HALF TIME

45'Off, Nathan Baker. On, Steven Caulker. Nathan Baker goes off with an injury on the stroke of half-time to be rtepalced by Steven Caulker

44'Dan Gosling this time at the backpost rising to head Shelvey's looping cross towards the goal, but this one is just wide.

41'Craig Dawson heads goalwards at the back post diving to meet a Waghorn free-kick, but he fails to get a full connection and it's easy for Kleyman

37'Jonjo Shelvey is near to equalising with a central free-kick from 25 yards. The ball beats the wall but dips down too late, missing the crossbar by a fraction.

30'Israel almost make it two when captain Nir Bitton steers Davidzada's cross goalwards, but the ball goes narrowly wide.

25'Mohammad Klibat. The visitors take the lead with a sucker punch on the break. As an England corner is cleared, Israel attack quickly and the ball ends up with Klibat who curls his left foot effort beyond Ben Amos from 20 yards.

21'Kleyman is called into action again, punching clear Jonjo Shelvey's in-swinging free-kick from the left.

19'Ross Barkley, on his debut, has England's first attempt on target as his fierce left-foot strike is parried away by keeper Boris Kleyman,

14'Hopeful effort from Zion Tzemah is the games first, but his free-kick goes way over Ben Amos's goal

KOIsrael get the game under way at Oakwell, wearing all white. England in their new change strip of dark blue, light blue, dark blue.

00'England U21s Starting XI v Israel: Amos, Wisdom, Bennett, Rodwell (c), Dawson, Baker, Gosling, Barkley, Sordell, Shelvey, Waghorn....Subs: Briggs, Rudd (gk), Smith, Flanagan, Caulker, Gardner, Chamberlain, Delfouneso, Wickham, Lansbury, Butland (gk)

00'Israel Starting XI: Kleyman (gk), Vered, Davidzada, Mayo, Falah, Botbol, Bitto (c), Klibat, Assulin, Tzemah, Barough...Subs: Strauss (gk), Abu Zaid, Dabbur, Dasa, Gordana, Kehat, Lugassi, Micha, Mund, Zairi, Zizov

00'England U21s have arrived at Barnsley and the Oakwell pitch is looking fantastic. Follow the updates throughout the game here or via www.twitter.com/thefadotcom

00'Three debuts for England tonight - Amos, Barkley and Wisdom, while there are first starts for Gosling, Shelvey, Sordell and Waghorn

VIDEO: Comeback kings see off Israel

Monday, 05 September, 2011

Second-half fightback sees Young Lions beat Israel in Barnsley.

By Jamie Bradbury at Oakwell

Click here for video highlights of the game.

England Under-21s came from a goal down at half-time to run out 4-1 winners over Israel in Barnsley.

Second half goals from Martyn Waghorn, Marvin Sordell, a Nathan Delfouneso penalty and Henri Lansbury, made for an impressive comeback as the new-look Three Lions built on Thursday’s Euro 2013 Qualifying win over Azerbaijan.

But this one was a friendly, allowing Stuart Pearce to make nine changes from the side in Watford four days earlier as he looked at some more fresh faces. Just defender Craig Dawson and captain Jack Rodwell retained their place.

There were three debutants in the shape of Manchester United keeper Ben Amos, Everton midfielder Ross Barkley and Liverpool defender Andre Wisdom, while there were four other first-time starters; Dan Gosling of Newcastle United, Marvin Sordell of Watford, Jonjo Shelvey of Liverpool and Hull City loanee Waghorn.

However, England had very little to smile about during a first half that was largely dominated by Israel. 17-year-old Barkley, who was lively in his first outing and looked comfortable on the ball, delivered a powerful 19th-minute strike from 25 yards which was one moment to savour, but goalkeeper Boris Kleyman parried away well.

Shelvey came close from the same distance, this time from a free-kick which beat the wall but dipped just a fraction too late, missing the bar by a whisker. There were also headers at the back post from both Dawson and Gosling, but the first was stopped by Kleyman and the second missed the target.

It was the visitors who were enjoying the night, though, and went in front on 25 minutes with a breakaway goal after an England corner had been cleared. With Israel attacking three on two, the ball eventually found its way to Mohammad Klibat on the right hand side of the penalty box. He cut in and sent a curling left foot effort beyond Ben Amos and into the net.

Captain Nir Bitton was a fraction away from making it two five minutes later, steering Davidzada’s pull-back goalwards, but it just missed the post.

England saved their best for the second half when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain came on the scene. The Arsenal winger made an almost immediate impact and within 13 minutes of the break they were level.

Chamberlain glided down the right flank before sending in a perfect cross to the back-post where Waghorn was on hand to guide a header in for his second goal in two appearances for Pearce’s men this season.

Sordell made it 2-1 just two minutes later, to cap off a man-of-the-match display. Having already seen two strikes saved by Kleyman earlier in the half, there was no stopping this screamer from the Watford man that flew all of 30-yards from his left-foot into the net off the upright.

Substitute Delfouneso, who rarely misses from the spot in training, came on to score England’s third. Chamberlain was again the instigator and after being fouled inside the area while running at pace, Delfouneso stepped up to slot home the penalty.

Lansbury then wrapped up the win in stoppage time, smashing home from close range after picking up a pass from Chamberlain on the run into the area.

And with two tough away qualifiers coming up next month, ten goals and two victories this week will fill the Young Lions with the hope that they may see Israel again on their territory in 2013.